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Adjective ground has 1 sense
- crushed, ground - broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone; "paved with crushed bluestone"; "ground glass is used as an abrasive"
Antonym: unbroken (indirect, via broken)
Noun ground has 11 senses
- land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
--1 is a kind of object, physical object
--1 is a part of Earth, world, globe
--1 has particulars:
- reason, ground - a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
--2 is a kind of rational motive
--2 has particulars: occasion; score, account; why, wherefore
- earth, ground - the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"
--3 is a kind of material, stuff
--3 has particulars:
- footing, basis, ground - a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
--4 is a kind of foundation
--4 has particulars: common ground
- ground - a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle); "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground"
--5 is a kind of military position, position
- background, ground - the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
--6 is a kind of view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama
- land, ground, soil - material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
--7 is a kind of object, physical object
--7 has particulars: | | badlands; bottomland, bottom; coastland; cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth; overburden; permafrost; rangeland; turf, sod, sward, greensward; wetland |
- ground - a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
--8 is a kind of percept, perception, perceptual experience
Antonyms: figure
- ground, earth - a connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)
--9 is a kind of connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
- ground - (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
--10 is a kind of surface
- flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat - the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
--11 is a kind of coat of paint
--11 has particulars: couch
Verb grind has 12 senses
- crunch, cranch, craunch, grind - press or grind with a crunching noise
--1 is a kind of fasten, fix, secure; press; fasten, fix, secure; press
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
crunch, cranch, craunch, grind
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
anchor, ground
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
crunch, cranch, craunch, grind
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- grate, grind - make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
--2 is a kind of restrain, confine, hold; break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise; restrain, confine, hold; break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
grate, grind
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
ground
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
grate, grind
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
--3 is a kind of put, set, place, pose, position, lay; break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise; put, set, place, pose, position, lay; break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
Derived forms:
noun ground1, noun grind3, noun grinder2, noun grinder3, noun grinding3, noun grinding1, noun ground1, noun grind3, noun grinder2, noun grinder3, noun grinding3, noun grinding1
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Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
ground
Somebody ----s something
grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
--4 is a kind of teach, learn, instruct; work, do work; teach, learn, instruct; work, do work
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
ground
Somebody ----s somebody
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- grind - dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
--5 is a kind of land; dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe; land; dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
grind
They grind
ground, run aground
Somebody ----s something
grind
They grind
- ground, run aground - hit or reach the ground
--6 is a kind of reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain; reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
ground, run aground
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- ground - throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
--7 is a kind of throw; throw
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
ground
Somebody ----s something
- ground - hit a groundball; "he grounded to the second baseman"
--8 is a kind of hit; hit
Sample sentences:
It is ----ing
ground
It is ----ing
- ground - hit onto the ground
--9 is a kind of hit; hit
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
ground
Somebody ----s something
- prime, ground, undercoat - cover with a primer; apply a primer to
--10 is a kind of paint; paint
Sample sentences:
They want to ground the doors
prime, ground, undercoat
They want to ground the doors
- ground - connect to a ground; "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"
--11 is a kind of connect, link, tie, link up; connect, link, tie, link up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
ground
Somebody ----s something
- establish, base, ground, found - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something PP
5 senses of grind
establish, base, ground, found
Somebody ----s something PP
5 senses of grind
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